Balanced valve



Patented Sept. 13, 1932 ,UNITE sra'lrfe FRITZ WAGNER, OF BERLN-LIGHTERFELDE, GERMANY BALANGED .VALVE Application led September 13, -193D,.Seral No. 481,767, and' in Germany January 4, v1929. g

I'My invention relates' to balanced valves at the inner ends ofthe supply pipes 12 and having a main and an auxiliary valve.

It is an object of my inventionV to relieve the auxiliary valve. To this end I provide 5 an equalizing piston in operative connection with the auxiliary valve, which piston is Yacted on by the fluid under pressure in the discharge conduit of the twovalvesand is so connected tothe spindle of the auxiliary l@ valve so as-to move in opposite direction to the auxiliary valve.

Preferably, the diameter of the equalizing piston is equal, or substantially equal, to the diameter of the spindle.`

In the accompanying drawing a` valve embodying my invention is illustrated by way of example in section inthe axis of its spindle. p

Referring now to the drawing the valve 29 proper is designed as described in myl copending application for patent of the United States, Ser. No. 162123,`iled January 19, 1927 now Patent 1,833,062 butobviously I am not limited to this type of valve. 3* A valve as described in the said co-pending application comprises a casing 1, with .a lin-er 2 for themain valve 3, and a seat for the axiliary valve 4 in the bottom of the main valve, an equalizing chamber 5, a 5?' discharge bore 6 below the seat of the auxiliary valve 4 in the main valve 3, a seat `7 for the main valve 3 in the casing 1, slots 8 in the liner 2 for admitting liuid under pressure which may be steam, to the seat 7, a bal.-

J ancing piston 9 on the main valve which'is fitted to slide in the liner 2 and is equipped with packing rings, a valve Vspindle 10 with a dog 11, supply pipes 12 in the main valve 3 with openings or pertorations 13 at their inners endswhich are adapted tobe throttled b y the dog 11, as and .for .the purpose described in my said co-pending application, `a supply conduit 14 for the Huid under pres- F sure, and a discharge conduit 15 which connects the valve seat 7, say, with the dry pipe of a locomotive engine.

As described in my said co-pending application, the valve has two throttling devices. q The first device is arranged within the hollow main valve and includes the perforations 13 the dog 11 onthe spindle 10, and thesecond throttling device is a Vnarrow clearance 17 `ahead of the seat 7 of the main valve 3 intermediate the lower end of liner 2 and-.the lower end of the main valve 3.

. The throttling. device within .the main valve so controlsthe flow of liveV steam to the cavity of the main valveand the equaliaing' chamber 5 through the supply .pipes 12 .that the main valve moves in the ,same direction and at the same velocity as the spindlerl, stops when Vthe spindle is arrested, and, moves on with thespindle if the latter is restarted. f'

The throttling device ahead of the main valve seat 7, the clearance 17, reducestojaminimum the opening acceleration of the. main valve and prevents chattering.

The problem is that the auxiliary valve 4 f Y should close aseasily Vas it opens. There-isnt) 'ditnculty about opening, the valve, provided the spindle 10 is madethick enough.. Butthe difliculty ,is to closela valve withsuch a thick spindle.

The problem is solved as Jfollows: The

spindle 1() is not, secured on the.l auxiliary valve 4 but insertedloosely irra.-`slot or cavity 31 of the valve and equipped with a ,spherical head 32 at its lower endwhich bearson the i" bottom plate of the auxiliary valve. The depth from the topV plate 'of .thehead Jtothe 'point where it bearson thebottomplate of .the auxiliary valve, issuch .that the ,top of the head is somewhat zbelowfthetace.onthe auxiliary Vvalveit engages with when thebase of the head is on-.the bottomplate ofsthe valve. The head and the bottomV plate make ypoint lContact only and thereforefthe luidunder pressure, normally. steam,has, freeaccess to the lowe'rtend of the spindle. 10.. flherefore,

when the main and auxiliary valves. .are closed',the pressure in thefequalizing chamber' '5 while exertingza downwardly directed force onthe` auxiliary valve 5, .exerts upwardly directed :thrust on the spindle. As ,.mentioned, it is easy tol make the spindle 10 so thiclrthat the thrust balances the; force, .even forfthe largest, auxiliary valves andthe highest pressures.- But itwould be, lvery. yhard. to. .close Y the 'auxiliary valve against the excessive thrust acting on its thick spindle. This diiiiculty is eliminated by the means which will now be describedp 17 is a T lever which is fulcrumed at 23 in a suitable upright 24 on the cover 25 of the casing 1, 16 is a stuffing box through which the spindle 10 leaves the cover 25, and 26 is a slotted eye at one end of the T lever 17 which engages a pin 27 on the spindle 10. 28 is a pin on the central arm of the T and 18 is the operating rod which is linked to the pin 2 3.

29 is a slotted eye at the end of the T which is opposite the eye 26, and 19 is the equalizing piston which is connected with the eye 29 by a pin 22. The diameter of this piston, as mentioned, is preferably equal, or substantially equal, to the diameter of the spindle 10. 20 is the cylinder ofthe equalizing piston, 21 is a duct connecting the cylinder with the discharge conduit 15, and 30 is a stufng box at the upper end of the cylinder.

In the position illustrated, with the main and auxiliary valves closed, fluid under pressure, normally steam, from the pipe 14 is admitted to the pipes 12 in the main valve 3 through the ports 8 in the liner 2. The pipes 12 are inserted in radial arms 33 of the main valve 3, with their inner ends projecting toward the spindle 10 from the inner ends of the arms. The lower faces at their inner ends in which the perforations 13 open, are flattened and extend at right angles to the axis of the spindle 10 while the perforations 13 are parallel to the axis. The upper face of the dog or collar 11 which may be secured on, or made 'integral with, the spindle 10, is so pitched with respect to the sea-ting face of the auxiliary valve 4 that when the auxiliary valve is on its seat the distance from the upper face to the flattened end portions of the pipe 12 is more than l@ the inside diameter of the bore 6 below the auxiliary valve. The auxiliary valve 4 is loaded by the pressure in the equalizing chamber 5 but relieved by the upwardly directed force acting on the spindle 10. From the moment when the auxiliary valve opens, to the moment when the auxiliary valve, on its closing stroke has moved nearer to its seat above the bore 6 than l/of the inside diameter of the bore, and now, be-

lgins to throttle the bore 6, uniform pressure prevails in the equalizing chamber 5, in the conduit 15, and in the'cylinder 2O of the equalizing piston 19. While the auxiliary valves 4 on its downstroke increasingly throttles the bore 6, and finally closes it, the pressure in the discharge conduit 15 falls to Zero While pressure builds up in the equalizing chamber by the pressure of the steam from Vpipes 12. The upward thrust on the spindle 10 moves up the spindle until its head 32 engages below its abutment on the auxiliary valve and then is balanced by the downwardly directed force on the auxiliary valve. The equalizing piston 19 has no influence for the present as there is no pressure in its cylinder 20.

Conditions consequently are as follows:

1. If thek main and auxiliary valves are closed upward thrust acts on the spindle 10 which balances the downward force on the auxiliary valve.

2. l/Vhile the auxiliary valve 4 is at a distance from its seat which is greater than ML of the inside diameter of bore 6, that is, while the fluidflows freely in the bore 6 and has free access to the cylinder 20 of the equalizing piston 19, the upward thrust on the spindle 10 is balanced by the upward thrust on the piston 19 through lever 17.

3. While the flow of the fluid in the bore 6 is throttled, that is, while the distance of the auxiliary valve from its seat is less than l@ the diameter of bore 6, the upward thrust on the spindle 10 is increased by the pressure building up in the equalizing chamber 5 but is balanced by the increase of the downwardly directed force exerted on the auxiliary valve by the same pressure.

It will appear that in this manner in a valve of the type referred to which may be of the general design described in my said copending application, in which the main valve is controlled by fluid under pressure under the action of the throttling device in the main valve, and chattering of the main valve is prevented by the throttling device 17 ahead of its seat, even the largest auxiliary valves under the highest pressure will open and close easily throughout the spindle stroke, and be arrested at any point intermediate the final positions of the spindle by removing the force acting on the operating rod 18.

I claim:

1. A balanced valve having a main and an auxiliary valve, a conduit for receiving the fluid from said two valves, a spindle operatively connected to said auxiliary valve, and an equalizing piston which is acted on by the fluid in said conduit and operatively connect'- ed to said spindle so as to move in opposite direction to said auxiliary valve.

2. A balanced valve having a main and an auxiliary valve, a conduit for receiving the fluid from said two valves, a spindle operatively connected to said auxiliary valve, a throttling device in a cavity of said main valve including a fluid supply member and a member on said spindle adapted to control the flow of fluid from said supply member; another throttling device, being a narrow clearance ahead of the seat of said main valve, and an equalizing piston which is acted on by the fluid in said conduit and operatively connected to said spindle sopas to move in opposite direction to said auxiliary valve.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature.

, FRITZ WAGNER. 

